A treatise on the culture, preparation, history, and analysis of pastel, or woad: the different methods of extracting the coloring matter, and the manner of using it, and indigo, in dyeing. / By C.P. de Lasteyrie. ; To which is added, information upon the art of extracting indigo, from the leaves of pastel. ; Published by order of His Excellency, Montalivet, count of the Empire, Minister of the Interior. Paris--1811. ; [Two lines from Olivier de Serres.] ; Translated from the French, by H.A.S. Dearborn.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lasteyrie, C. de (Charles), 1759-1849.

Contributor:

Dearborn, H. A. S. (Henry Alexander Scammell), 1783-1851, translator.

Series:

Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 38032.

Standardized Title:

Du pastel, de l'indigotier, et des autres végétaux dont on peut extraire une couleur bleue. English

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Dyes and dyeing.

Indigo.

Woad (Dye).

Woad (Plant).

Physical Description:

xii pages, 1 unnumbered page, 14-140 pages ; 20 cm

Place of Publication:

Boston: : Printed by Rowe & Hooper--78 State-Street., 1816.

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Notes:

Translation of: Du pastel, de l'indigotier, et des autres végétaux dont on peut extraire une couleur bleue.

"Information upon the art of extracting indigo from the leaves of pastel."--p. [127]-140.

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